Corrupt officials and Yan risked death to make a suggestion, but almost lost their heads, it is said that the realization will change the fortunes of the country!
Before the Opium War, China had been in a state of isolation. People are self-sufficient and have no knowledge of what is going on outside of China. In addition, rulers were reluctant to accept the advice of foreign friends or ministers, and ultimately unable to implement reforms. As a result, China has been in a state of self-sufficiency. The disadvantaged position caused many people to seize China's territory later, resulting in China's centuries-old history of humiliation.
China's feudal society has a long history, and there are many reasons. First, the productivity at that time was very backward. As the saying goes, "if you fall behind, you will be beaten" As a result, China, which was in a backward position at that time, was exploited and beaten by foreign countries. Second, the economic form is very simple. The peasants were self-sufficient and a new form of economy emerged. They will also be strangled in the cradle. Moreover, the rulers were so confident that they were unwilling to learn from foreigners that they were unwilling to close the country. As a result, China's economy is lagging behind. Later, this changed, but Chinese people did not seize the opportunity. Magalney's visit to China was an opportunity for China to change its destiny, which changed China's history for more than 200 years. The purpose of Magalney's visit to China was to trade with China. He was ready to come to China. In his opinion, China is a very respectable country, so he prepared a big gift. It's all about science and technology from all over the world, including globes, textile machines, steam engines and assault machines. However, the Qing government did not take it seriously, which disappointed him very much.
The Qianlong Emperor refused the crystallization of science and technology. He also declined his business request. He saw how decadent Qianlong was. He found Washu and gave him six pieces of advice. One of them was for him to try to convince the emperor that he was a very intelligent man. He understood that these could help the Qing Dynasty change the status quo, so he proposed trade to the emperor. As a result, Qianlong was so angry that he almost ordered He yan to be killed. Therefore, he did not dare to make this suggestion again.
Discovered the corruption of the Qing Dynasty, he returned to China and reported the case to the British royal family. The British germinated the idea of invading the Qing Dynasty and began to dump opium on the Qing Dynasty. In fact, Qianlong had reasons not to accept this proposal. He was afraid that the people of the Qing Dynasty would not be able to manage it well after accepting this advanced idea. After all, he was the ruler of the Qing Dynasty at the time. So he was very resistant to the things he brought and was reluctant to trade, which led to the consequences later. To this: experts can't help but sigh: if this proposal is realized, it may change the fate of the whole country!